Holy Crap I Actually Made A Sale Today

Wow. I know things are slow for crafters and retail in general but I just went 10 days between sales in my Etsy shop. (Thank you to K in Ireland for breaking this streak!) Actually I'm kind of at a loss as to which direction I should head in to try to stay afloat this summer. The few retailers I've approached generally seem interested at first but then decide not to place an order after all. I don't want to do consignment with my items being pretty expensive and with a high "Walk-Off" risk. My Etsy is completely dead, despite listing new items and new styles. My dot-com is also very very slow. I've made a few direct sales which were (thank goodness) high ticket transactions. So I can pay rent this coming week, but what about next month?? What do you fellow crafters do to keep things going?

On a brighter note, there is still time to enter my free earrings giveaway (Scroll down or click here). Winners will be drawn on Tuesday!